re: Question about 'My extra-cool DOS game won't run under Windows'
Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 1:16 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(19374 messages posted)
You need an MSDOS boot disk. XP does not run on DOS, therefore it's boot disk is
not an MSDOS boot disk. You need either a Win9x boot disk or a real DOS boot disk
(like DOS 6.22)
You say your program does not require conventional memory, well that's simply wrong.
That is all that is available to MSDOS without a memory manager. That's what programs
ran in when we used DOS.
On Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 12:42 pm, Shawn wrote:
>I have a comment/question about My
>extra-cool DOS game won't run under Windows:
>A response indicated that it is rare to find a DOS game that will run under windows
>XP. Well, I have one that does. It is a Star Reach game, which I still enjoy very
>much. It will run, and I can play the game. The problem is that sometimes, (usually
>when having a lot of action going on,) the game will freeze or close out completely.
>Very aggrivating when I'm on a charge to victory. The answer also said to boot from
>the a boot disc. If I create an XP boot disc, are you saying that I might be advised
>to shut down and reboot using this disc, and then type/call up the game's exe file?
>Will a boot disc load a safe mode, limited windows version or DOS prompt? How can
>I create the required boot disc? I need to use the keyboard and mouse to play the
>game. No cd rom needed. The game is on the harddrive, with an icon created on the
>desktop. Icon properties memory tab has all memory options set to auto. Star Reach
>does not need any conventional memory, and can run without any memory manager at
>all. How is the manager disabled? Can I make this game play well via a properly
set
>boot disc?
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